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Gainsborough Reserve

From the air

aerial view of Gainsborough Reserve and the ground around it
From the air, LINZ / ECan aerial survey, CC BY 4.0

Where it sits

Its centre falls inside Hoon Hay, suburb membership is a centroid call, not a claim the whole park lies inside the outline.

More green in Hoon Hay

What’s built on this ground

A playground stands here, the register counts 9 pieces of play equipment (1 solo spinner, 1 swing, 1 supa nova, 1 platform, 1 slide, 1 handrail, 1 panel, 1 climbing-wall and 1 other kind) plus 1 modular unit on a marked playground ground.

Also on the register: 6 seats (6 seats) and 1 piece of sports gear (1 goal posts).

The register’s commission dates run 1998 to 2010.

The register’s site tag names this park, and its pins stand inside the drawn outline, two views of the same ground.

The register’s photograph of the equipmentThe register’s photograph of the equipmentThe register’s photograph of the equipmentThe register’s photograph of the equipment

Sport and dogs on this ground

The recreation register marks 1 playing surface on this ground, Petanque, graded recreational.

The register books it by name, Petanque.

The register names this park, and its record centroids sit inside the drawn outline, two views of the same ground.

The reports on this ground

26 reports pinned inside the park's drawn outline, most often Trees & parks and Rubbish & dumping, 19 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the whole park.

Environment Canterbury / Canterbury Maps, Parks layer · refreshed 10 October 2026.

What stood on this ground before → · On the map →

Questions, answered briefly

How big is Gainsborough Reserve?

7,599 m² by the layer’s own polygon.

Where is Gainsborough Reserve?

Its centre falls inside Hoon Hay, a centroid call, not a claim the whole park lies inside the outline.

What kind of place is Gainsborough Reserve?

A park or reserve.

Where does this record come from?

Environment Canterbury’s open Parks layer, kind, size and suburb read straight from it.